Sanya
Sanya
三亚市 | |
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| Sanya City | |
Location of Sanya City jurisdiction in Hainan | |
Interactive map of Sanya | |
| Coordinates (Sanya municipal government): 18°15′12″N 109°30′13″E / 18.25333°N 109.50361°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Government | |
| • CPC Municipal Secretary | Jiang Sixian |
| Area | |
| 1,919.58 km2 (741.15 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1,919.58 km2 (741.15 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,315.3 km2 (507.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
| 1,031,396 | |
| • Density | 537.303/km2 (1,391.61/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,031,396 |
| • Urban density | 537.303/km2 (1,391.61/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 801,020 |
| • Metro density | 609.00/km2 (1,577.3/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Prefecture-level city | CN¥ 83.5 billion US$ 12.9 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 79,100 US$ 12,261 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 572100 |
| Area code | 0898 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-HI-02 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 琼B |
| Website | sanya.gov.cn |
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"Sanya" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 三亚 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 三亞 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Postal | Samah | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Third below the second | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sanya is a resort city and the southernmost city on Hainan Island, and one of the four prefecture-level cities of Hainan Province in South China. It is a major tourist destination with several large scale resorts and contains the Sanya coral reef, a national protected nature reserve spanning 4000 hectares. Phoenix Island, an artificial island with a seven-star resort (one of the few in the world) and a complex of five-star hotels, is in Sanya Bay. The Guanyin of Nanshan, a Buddhist statue of Guanyin, is the thirteenth tallest statue in the world and is located in Sanya.
According to the 2020 census, the total population of Sanya was 1,031,396 inhabitants, living in an area of 1,919.58 km2 (741.15 sq mi). Its built-up (or metro) area encompassing Haitang and Jiyang Districts was home to 801,020 inhabitants as of 2020.
The city is renowned for its tropical climate and has emerged as a popular tourist destination, also serving as the training site of the Chinese national beach volleyball team. Sanya is home to small concentrations of Utsul people（The name 'Huíhuī' is their pronunciation in spoken Chinese. As they have not yet received official recognition as a distinct ethnic group, they are administratively classified as part of the Hui nationality in China）. Sanya is also the location of Yulin Naval Base, a major military facility on the South China Sea which is home to the People's Liberation Army Navy ballistic nuclear missile fleet.